Maxine In The Park

[HairyHaggis]

Shot these last night down the local park. S3, SB800, Aperture Priority F8, Nikon 24-120 VR Lens. It was cloudy and pretty cold ... coming into autumn now I think.

[GaryB]

Steve - portraits aren't my thing so I can't add any constructive comments to your postings. Suffice to say I have enjoyed your series so far :cheers:

[BARBARA LUKE]

Steve i think they are lovely girlie shots.... :goldcup: ..i would be very pleased if they were my shots.... barbara

[Bilbo]

She always faces towards the left - is the other side just as nice?!

Bob

[Camarochas]

Steve,
That's a very nice series. The poses and expressions are well captured. If I may offer a suggestion on #1 & #2 I'd suggest having Maxine"unlock" her left elbow so that there's a nice angle to the arm rather than the straight arm from elbow to the wrist. Overall, your portraits are very good. I really enjoy them.

Charlie

[HairyHaggis]

Steve - portraits aren't my thing so I can't add any constructive comments to your postings. Suffice to say I have enjoyed your series so far :cheers:

Thanks Gary .. I enjoy doing it ... kinda keeps me out of trouble ;)

[HairyHaggis]

Steve i think they are lovely girlie shots.... :goldcup: ..i would be very pleased if they were my shots.... barbara

Hi Barbara ... as above ... love doing it ... like seeing what the girls say when they see their prints ... I like to make people smile. You'll be doing it shortly yourself not your studio is almost running.

[HairyHaggis]

She always faces towards the left - is the other side just as nice?!

Bob

It is just as nice, but her hair parting goes to the right, and the wind on this evening was blowing in this direction, so we kept it like that ... I have more of the other side of her though ;)

[HairyHaggis]

Steve,
That's a very nice series. The poses and expressions are well captured. If I may offer a suggestion on #1 & #2 I'd suggest having Maxine"unlock" her left elbow so that there's a nice angle to the arm rather than the straight arm from elbow to the wrist. Overall, your portraits are very good. I really enjoy them.

Charlie

Thanks Charlie, I will take your suggestion, and pay attention more to that next time. Never really noticed the look the locked elbow has in those shots. Grateful for pointing it out.

She is a nice girl to work with too.

[BARBARA LUKE]

Steve i can't wait.......The only thing that is stopping me right now is being off work with my back problem.... the works doctor will not let me go back to work yet... :woot: .. I have about 20 orders upto now all waiting to have there pics taken.... :( I could book local hall for the day and do as many as my back will let me......Anyway watch this space...... Barbara

[Serge]

thanks for the treat Steve, where do you find girls with such impecable complexion?

:goldcup:

[HairyHaggis]

thanks for the treat Steve, where do you find girls with such impecable complexion?

:goldcup:

Partly in Photoshop mate, but the girls are young ... bodies not experienced acne yet :bowdown:

Hayley is family, Maxine is friend of family.

Watch this space .. am taking the two girls to the beach tonight ... its bikini time .... a little bit unfortunate that its 14 degrees outside, but am sure they will get over it :lol:

Should I use the Bigma for this shot???

[Serge]

Yes Bigma is very versatile if not fast, give you great control on backgrounds, I've shot my favourite model Danielle on the beach with Bigma.
But at 14 degrees, even prestine young skin might get a goose bump or two :D

[HairyHaggis]

I ended up using the Nikon 24-120 lens for shooting last night, adn the SB800 on the camera with the diffuser onboard.

I got mixed results, but that was prob more to do with the sun coming and going rather than anything else. I am quite happy with results, but since I didnt want to completely freeze the poor girl (water was 4 degrees) I shot quickly.

I will post the results in a wee while ... I am meant to be working at the moment :rofl:

[Linda G]

Great job!

I attended a workshop a month ago that would adress the lighting on #1 and #5. This is a suggestion only but I can tell you used fill light and it separates her from the background possibly a bit too harshly. (my opinion, only!)

The photographer giving the workshop didn't like on camera fill flash, nor did he like using reflectors, finding the same sort of light from them so he worked something out he was willing to share:

Take a flash such as the SB800 that has a slave trigger feature, put it on a tripod and studio light angle and use the on camer flash reduced to almost nothing, but enough to trigger the other flash. The results were stunning! He had studio lighting on their faces without carting it all out there.

[Serge]

Thanks for sharing that little gem Linda, I've got two SB800's, will have to give it a try.

[Wichita Wayne]

I like these pictures a lot.

[HairyHaggis]

Yes, thank you for those comments and advice Linda.... I will give that a try next time ... I have the necessary adapters there for mouting the flash to tripod etc.

Also .. Wayne, glad you enjoying them ... I am loving shooting portraits at the moment ... can only get better :)

[Markytp]

Steve,

What setting did you have the SB800 on when taking these shots?

Mark

[HairyHaggis]

To be honest not sure mark ... if I remember correctly ... BL TTL ... thats about all I can remember. I can check later tonight when I get home as it will still be set the same.

I think I have pretty much left it to its own devices. :cool:

[easternherp]

I like the shots apart from the over flashing.

I tend to meter the light hitting the subject and then set the flash to be 2 to 3 stops under exposed, just eneough to fill in the shadows but not make any impact on the subject. It usually lifts the subject enough and creates a nice catchlight in the eyes. The further away you are from the subject the more you need to increase the flash output.

The best thing to do would be to take some practice shots and see what settings you like.